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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-incapacity-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/491",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Incapacity) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-incapacity-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 5th March 2002\nLaid before Parliament 12th March 2002\nComing into force\nfor the purposes of regulation 4 5th April 2002\nfor all other purposes 8th April 2002\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 171D, 171G(2) and 175(1) to (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, section 4(1) and (6) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 and section 85(6) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; section 171G(2) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed”; sections 171D to 171G were inserted by section 6(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18); subsections (1) and (4) of section 175 were amended, and subsection (1A) was inserted, by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1994 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1999 c. 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See sections 172(1) and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/491/introduction",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}